Write Out Loud’s upcoming season promises to be an entertaining one

For more than 30 years Swift Current has been host to many interesting and accomplished authors. Write Out Loud continues to be a popular tradition, another valuable thread in Swift Current’s rich cultural fabric. The 2017-18 season promises to be varied and entertaining.

The Write Out Loud Committee is pleased to present the following:• Sept. 20 — Zarqa Nawaz, creator of the TV series Little Mosque on the Prairie and author of Laughing All the Way to the Mosque;• Oct. 18 — Bill Waiser, renowned historian who latest book is A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905;• Nov. 8 — Ernie Louttit, a retired Saskatoon city police officer who has written Indian Ernie and Insights from the Street;• Feb. 21, 2018 — Local Writers’ Night;• March 21, 2018 — Dave Margoshes, a freelance writer, biographer, editor, teacher who has numerous works of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction;• April 18, 2018 — Louise Bernice Halfe, a First Nations poet and residential school survivor;• May 16, 2018 — Connie Gault, an author of short stories, plays, and novels who latest book is called A Beauty.Mark your calendars and plan to attend Write Out Loud. Admission is $8, and doors open at the Lyric Theatre on Central Avenue at 6:30 p.m. Musical entertainment begins at 7 p.m. with the featured author to follow.